Facebook como herramienta educativa en el contexto universitario

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Resumen:Esta investigación estudia el uso de Facebook por parte de los estudiantes de primero de grado de Publicidad y RR.PP (Universidad de Alicante) para el aprendizaje de la asignatura Comunicación y Medios Escritos. La metodología empleada es la encuesta, realizada a 76 alumnos durante el mes de Enero de 2013. Los resultados muestran una mejora del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. La red social sirve para compartir materiales, prácticas y resolver dudas, incentivando el aprendizaje colaborativo. Los alumnos coinciden en el beneficio que supone el uso de Facebook para aprender la materia.Palabras clave: Facebook; redes sociales; enseñanza-aprendizaje; docencia universitaria Facebook as an educational tool in the university context Abstract:This research studies the use of Facebook by students in first course of Advertising Communication and Public Relations (University of Alicante) to learn the subject Communication and Media Writings. The methodology used is the survey of 76 students during the month of January 2013. The results show an improvement of the teaching-learning process. The social media used to share materials, practices and answer questions encouraging collaborative learning. Students agree that the benefit involves the use of Facebook to learn the subject.

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“…The use of social networks as an educational tool can improve motivation, collaboration and communication, breaking down time and space barriers [9]. These tools allow students to provide mutual support in a specific and original way, which is very difficult in the student-teacher relationship.…”

“…In the educational field, they can be used to enhance communication between groups of people, make them feel part of a community and cooperate with each other in common tasks. In addition, they are excellent tools for breaking the space-time barriers as well as the boundaries of current educational systems [9]. This fact offers an opportunity to integrate social networks as a way of training at the university level [10].…”

Docencia universitaria 2.0. Efectos de la Web 2.0 en la docencia universitaria como objeto de estudio de las revistas españolas de comunicación

“…Según Padilla (2012), las redes sociales ofrecen herramientas potenciales para promover la innovación educativa y queda demostrado que pueden ayudar a acercarse mejor al alumnado. Los beneficios comparecen vinculados a la alfabetización digital, a la expansión creativa, al aprendizaje colaborativo, a la motivación y al aprendizaje autónomo, al desarrollo crítico, así como al acercamiento a la inmediata realidad profesional (Ruipérez y García, 2012;Bueno y Hanninen, 2012;García Manso, 2012;Iglesias y González, 2014). Pero ello exige disposición, recursos y competencias tanto al profesorado, como a los centros e instituciones educativas, lo que ha convertido ambos aspectos en objeto de estudio (Imbernón, Silva y Guzmán, 2011;Marcelo, Yot y Mayor, 2015).…”

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“…According to Padilla (2012), social networks offer potential tools to promote educative innovation and it is demonstrated that they might help in better approaching students. The benefits appear linked to the digital alphabetization, creative expansion, collaborative learning, motivation and the autonomous learning, critical development, as well as the approach to the immediate professional reality (Ruipérez and García, 2012;Bueno and Hanninen, 2012;García Manso, 2012;Iglesias and González, 2014). But this demands disposition, resources and competences both to the teachers, as well as to the teaching centers and institutions, which has turned both aspects in subject of study (Imbernón, Silva and Guzmán, 2011;Marcelo, Yot and Mayor, 2015).…”